[Costs of Saudi Arabia's Neom green hydrogen mega-project soar by $3.5 billion]Budgets for the Neom green hydrogen mega-project, which will tap vast green energy capacity, have soared 70% to $8.5 billion, according to a financial update from co-developer Air Products. Inflation, spare parts, land upfront costs and interest on a $1 billion loan all contributed to the $3.5 billion budget increase the company is developing in the deserts of northwestern Saudi Arabia with partner ACWA Power, a Saudi renewable energy development Merchant and Neom. Editor/Xing Wentao
Recently, the 110KV substation external line project of Chongqing Fangzheng Gaomi F6 artificial intelligence expansion project has officially started, laying the foundation for the project to be put into operation on schedule. The AI computing power equipment has extremely strict requirements for power supply reliability. After the completion of this external project, it can fully meet the high load power demand after project expansion, ensure the stable operation of the computing power cluster, and improve the power supply safety level and redundancy reserve capacity. Editor/Cheng Liting
As the first coal power and other capacity replacement and reconstruction project in Guangzhou and the first batch in Guangdong, the total investment scale of the 2x600MW coal power and environmental protection replacement project of the Pearl River Power Plant in Guangzhou is about 5.6 billion yuan. By adopting the old demolition and new construction mode, two 600MW ultra supercritical secondary reheat coal-fired power generation units will be built at the original site. Two units are expected to be completed and put into operation in 2028 and 2032 respectively, with an estimated annual power supply of over 5 billion kilowatt hours after commissioning. Editor/Cheng Liting